betas
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands adds a new Rogue Covenant ability as the beta sees another round of tuning
The next World of Warcraft expansion is slated to go live on October 26th, but there's still tuning and even some significant changes happening in...
Betawatch: Frozen Flame burns its way into a cool closed beta
Survival action RPGÂ Frozen Flame announced this week that it was heading into closed beta with a single-player mode, a new event, and a special...
Betawatch: Craftopia is doing the difficult Early Access work
There's kind of a pall around early access games, mostly because a lot of them launch into early access and then faff about pointlessly. But Craftopia...
Betawatch: New World promises lots of content in its November test
People seem to have generally been rather pleased with the New World preview event this month, huh? It's winding down today, but the promise made...
Betawatch: Bless Unleashed plans for a PC beta test
Darn it! I said ages ago that I would be much more interested in Bless Unleashed if it were releasing on platforms I actually...
Betawatch: New World has a new client for a new beta
There's a beta event going down next week in New World, don't you know, and it's coming with a new shiny client. Can you...
Betawatch: Torchlight III does its final pre-launch wipe
Gosh, what a strange road it has been for Torchlight III. Like... at one point that wasn't even its name. But the important thing...
Betawatch: Here comes Crowfall’s beta
Five years since its Kickstarter, Crowfall is finally entering beta next week! That's good news for backers and even better for MMO PvP fans...
Betawatch: The silence on Squadron 42 was all about a video not being pretty enough
So Star Citizen fans were more than a little miffed that the news on Squadron 42 had slowed from "a crawl" to "did that...
Betawatch: Fractured and Magic: Legends do the closed alpha dance
You can test if you want to if you've gotten an invite. Yes, Fractured kicked off its most recent closed alpha after a delay,...
Betawatch: Magic Legends begins invites for its second closed alpha
I bet you thought Betawatch this week was going to be all about World of Warcraft's Shadowlands beta, which did indeed begin and we've already...
Betawatch: Dual Universe targets August for a subscription beta
Here comes the beta for Dual Universe! And you'll need to pay for it if you don't buy an alpha-access pack before then; there...
Betawatch: Crucible has re-entered beta
Ah, Crucible, welcome back to the warm embrace of being in beta. Yes, after launching with something like a bellyflop, the game is now...
Betawatch: Crowfall’s alpha is actually kind of a beta but also mostly an alpha
Apparently, Crowfall's current test state is "technically" a beta. Technically. As the person who maintains this list, splitting hairs like this technically annoys me....
Betawatch: Torchlight III hits early access and early access hits back
So Torchlight III gave everyone a big surprise when it jumped into early access! It was, unfortunately, not the good kind of surprise. More...
Betawatch: New World aims for familiarity, Blue Protocol plans beta stream
For a game entitled New World, the upcoming title from Amazon sure does feel familiar if you're an MMO veteran. After all, the progression system?...
The Daily Grind: Which long-in-testing MMOs should just toughen up and launch already?
I like a lot of the stuff that Warframe does, but it still sparks anger in me when someone reminds me that the game is technically...
Betawatch: Magic Legends gears up for summer testing
There's something in the air that makes it feel as if Magic: Legends is getting ready for its first public testing phase. I don't know...
Betawatch: Torchlight III wraps up its closed testing
So it appears that Torchlight III has finished its round of closed testing! Great! And what happens next for the game? When is the next round...
Betawatch: Ship of Heroes likes Unreal Engine 5, but it doesn’t expect to use it soon
Sometimes, the biggest beta news can be admiring a new feature and then finding out why you're not getting it. Such is the lot...
